What was Bowser's best design?
What was Bowser's best design?
Ryder Russell
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Hudson Cooper
His modern one tbqh
Cooper Adams
I don't like his Simpsons yellow scales and think he should be orange again, but otherwise, it's pretty good.
Nicholas Fisher
All of them
Nathaniel Harris
I liked how Brawl tapped into his more beast-like side, but that’s because the game wanted to be a grittier Smash title than before.
Ryan Russell
The only one I don't like is Miyamoto's grey hippo Bowser from the original SMB boxart that he had to draw himself because there wasn't any time left to use a professional illustrator.
I love when his design is more bestial, but I don't know if I liked Brawl's take in retrospect. The muzzle is really weird looking on that model. He was great in SSE, though. Sakurai understands his personality, he just doesn't want his moveset to reflect it.
Cooper Cooper
Melee ironically enough had the best designed Bowser in a Smash game at least aesthetically and vocally
Nathaniel Morris
The one you posted. It's the Mario 64 art design and it's pretty much what has become his official current look.
Connor Cruz
I still don't understand why modern games just don't look like those N64 renders. Technology has failed us. Even that one romhack that tries to copy the look falls short of them. I will say I've always had a soft spot for his goofy in-game Mario 64 design.
John Cox
Quit obsessing over him weirdo. Why don't you kiss him then.
Joshua Walker
Blake Sanchez
giga bowser and then n64 bowser
Eli Allen
What's with the projection?
Easton Rodriguez
Lies, you are the one who wants to kiss Bowser.
Jonathan Baker
i always thought his caped appearance from Super Mario Bros. 3 was kinda cool
Carter Phillips
>t. Sakurai
Giga Bowser is pretty great, though. I don't know how Sakurai got that out of his original sprite, but his more monstrous features suit him nicely.
Anthony Taylor
Sorry boys, as much as you'd like to see that; my heart belongs to another villain or rather anti-hero.
Xavier Lewis
I wish they'd give him a cape again. They almost did for Color Splash.
Landon Myers
this is my fav design, love the black eyebrows and cape.
Tyler Phillips
He tried out a few looks back then.
Ryan Bell
odyssey bowser with the slicked hair is pretty rad
Bentley Gray
I'll always be happy that they finally gave him a suit and top hat. The team was worried Miyamoto won't let them do it, and he was offended by the notion.
Julian Young
Why does a reptile have hair in the first place? The DiC cartoon King Koopa is the best Bowser design.
Kevin Rogers
I don't think so personally like for example what the hell is going on with his neck where those horns are protruding from it's like his neck is just riding up on the back of his head
Mason Turner
His Smash 4 design was pretty damn good.
I really like his detailed scales and they're more orangish in color than in the later main series games.
Can't stand is in-game model in Ultimate, though.
Dude looks so grey and washed out.
Where'd his color go?
Nicholas Morales
That's not his neck, it's just a weird angle.
Zachary Sullivan
That's why I like his pink-haired alt. I heard something about the lighting engine being responsible for washing out some of the fighters.
Jaxson Johnson
I mean at this angle it looks even stranger as if his horns are protruding out of his ears or directly in front of them I will say I like how his shell looks like a royal cape it's a neat touch
Mason Reyes
I fucking wish i could
Josiah Russell
I liked his SMW look despite it being wrong.
Ethan Price
Isaac Murphy
Ryder Wilson
Jose Adams
Lincoln Howard
Jordan Butler
It does need work because DiC outsourced a lot. I think it would be perfect if it had his modern game proportions and placements.
Charles James
>so wrong that Mario Maker pretends it never existed
Still mad.
Jason Rogers
>can't play as giga bowser in ultimate
Feels bad man.
Oliver Allen
>The team was worried Miyamoto won't let them do it, and he was offended by the notion.
He should have taken the opportunity to reflect on why they might have felt that way.
Tyler Ward
Not that one, he looks like a dog.
Alexander Peterson
Doesn't he always? Why else would NOA have named him Bowser?
Julian Young
You posted it
Josiah James
There's prototype designs of the DIC bowser and apparently his early version was going going to take more inspiration from Wart featuring his robe crown and medallion along with a more alligator style appearance.
Ryan Turner
Wait really? What became the alternative?
Hudson Sullivan
Favorites are Mario 3 with the cape, Inside Story, and Ultimate. Best voice is Kenny James followed by the Melee clips, they should at least bring those back if Sakurai doesn’t want him.
Wyatt Rogers
I heard that actually was Wart and they wanted to use both of them initially, but decided against it due to how conceptually similar they were. Here's that design, though:
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Jason Miller
Dic sucks cock, was incapable of making anything that’s remotely enjoyable to watch, couldn’t even make a frog look like a frog.
Jacob King
Agreed on all accounts. Kenny James was a godsend after Sunshine Bowser. I love that he basically speaks his own language in Galaxy and Odyssey. Gives me real Jabba the Hutt vibes. Speaking of things Bowser lost in Smash after Melee, I wish he'd get Koopa Klaw back. The grab-and-slam side special is fun, but it isn't as viscerally satisfying as snatching and repeatedly biting into your foes.
Jayden Nguyen
I'm glad they gave him some drop-kick moves and a proper run in Smash 4 and Ultimate.
Jose Rogers
I never said the cartoons were good, I just think their Koopa design was better due to having only one dominant color in his palette, a crocodilian snout instead of a beestung ox muzzle, bracelets only on his arms and not doubled up on his shoulders, an actual crown instead of a glued-on mohawk, and less spikes on his shell in an easier to memorize and draw pattern.
Angel Reyes
The baffling treaded tank run in Melee was great, though. Best possible explanation I've seen proposed for it was that it was meant to evoke the sliding Koopa shells once you kick them.
Carson Perez
Either that or he moves through pure hatred & spite causing him to vibrate aggressively toward his enemies.
Justin Ward
Now I really want it back.
Zachary Jenkins
He looked fantastic in Shulk's reveal trailer. Was anyone else disturbed by that, though? I think seeing a generic JRPG character talking like a Wallace & Gromit character broke my brain. I smelled smoke after it happened.
Brayden Thompson
There's very little that's more enjoyable to watch than the live-action segments of the Super Show.
Joseph Powell
the superior croc
Owen Richardson
I fucking love King K. Rool and his boss fights are better than Bowser's, but he's been in far less games and had far less opportunities to show off his personality than Bower has, so he comes across as the lesser of the two characters.
Bentley Price
Ryan Ramirez
It's going to be very hard for Nintendo to ever top his enraged look in Bowser's Fury in my book. I like goofy-strangely-wholesome-dad Bowser as much as the next guy, but he looked like, and actively WAS an actual threat in Bowser's Fury and that was a great change of pace for me.
David Evans
It's kind of a shame that they blew it on what was presumably a short tech demo for the next mainline game. They can't just do that plot again. Ferrofluid kaiju really was perfect, though.
Brayden Thomas
I've yet to play that and I'm itching to pick it up. I'm always driven back when I remember all over again it's bundled with 3D World.
Owen Ross
We at least know what caused that state for Bowser though: Literally just Jr. being a dumbass and coating his dad in his brush's paint. So it could conceivably happen again, but it probably wouldn't have the same impact.